#nightmare men

[da-owo]

brain numb so nightmare men art time

[raitou-otcha]

The Nightmares are still a bit alike the Dream Pirates, pillaging things however the Nightmares prefer to take things that are considered 'less valuable' compared to the Dream Pirates and Nightmare Men.

Sometimes of they're lucky, they manage to steal from a spirit, sometimes they even get to the sled, ransacking it for items they want.

[froggyfeetsies]

“The dawn of the Golden Age began after Lunar Lamas and the Pookhan Brotherhood had made the most important scientific breakthrough known to sentient life; the ability to manufacture the heart of a planet. The heart, also called the Light, of a planet allowed the art of creation magics to be applied to a planet as if it had its own soul to shape. It made the will and belief of the planet’s inhabitants tangible enough to move mountains, dig seas and forest the barren plains. Terra formation was a science as well as an art, and became one of the most difficult walks of life a youngling might tread. It allowed for the infinite expansion of the Empire, allowed for the infinite creation of garden worlds to populate and flourish amongst the universe, evolving into behemoth constellations sprawling across the once empty skies. Such a breakthrough became a lifeline during the Shadow War, after it was adapted for battle against the Dream pirates and the fear geas. After intense modification it was ready to be infused into living beings, to give them both the strength and fortitude to match their own heart and will; the blend of both immense destruction and a gift for creation. Blending these two principles, the new Enlightened were as horrific as they were the ultimate salvation against the Dream Pirates and Nightmare men. While they turned the tide of the war from desperation to jubilation, and in turn ultimately leading to our beloved Golden Era of Dreams, the Enlightened came at a steep price. The Eternal Light of a planet was meant for no mortal to hold in their hearts, and although some went on to become Enlightened, others did not and were torn meat from soul, completely obliterated even from Time itself as if they had never existed, leaving them lost even to the Pookah and their mastery of the Timeways. The presence of Enlightened after the War and the subsequent imprisonment of the Nightmare men and Dream Pirates left only the bitter reminder that fanciful notions like love wasn’t always enough.”

in my mind they had to create things to beat the fearlings, who’s gonna go at a living shadow with a plain sword not fucking me lol, and in the end made space paladins like nightlight since his kind wouldn’t be the only kind right? like different kinds of light, white light and gold light? They obvs know that some kind of light works since they have a living lamp near mim and I mean the flash he gives off puts pitch and 10,000 fearlings into a coma and he’s a child right? Imagine that but an adult infused with star heart and metal, nearly immortal but at the price of maybe being completely destroyed from existence, that used their power to make weapons like sandy makes his stuff like the plane etc. kind of like how blood is full of iron? Maybe have them full of metal blood that reacts to the star heart. like an amalgamation of the different races to try and stem the tide in the war, pookah lightbulb magic llama belief magic and star weapons. Tied into the idea that belief isn’t just an earth thing but an engineered thing created in the other universe being repurposed for war. Like they don’t fight with light but fight as infused with light that they can create metal/light weapons at will like sandy can, like you need the light to make the metal work. Or like infused with molten star metal that glows with spoopi light, and people call it light since it’s less emotionally damaging than “we pump you full of molten star metal that should actually be inside a star so you glow now.” Basically I like the battle!sandy idea but horrific rather than a natural born star you feel me as in “we replaced your heart with starlight and your blood with starmetal and it’s only your belief that stops it all working sorry bud.” Not sure the details but metal/light is the foundation.

I’ve never read the books, only the wiki and then vague memories from like 10 years ago from fanfics about book stuff (still no idea why Katherine and nightlight exist but they’re always cute so) so I’m not actually sure what’s cannon (I’ve tried reading the wiki but it just confuses me more like apparently now jack can now change age at will?) but in my mind eldritch metal light horrors that use the heart of a star to power themselves sounds about desperate enough for a universe under threat of eternal nightmares tbh, although the wiki says they didn’t kill them I am going to ignore that 😂

like the pookah were meant to have transcended time itself right, and then the lunar llamas were like peak spiritual awakening, and then the stars were like the dreams right? All make a nice balance imo, and almost sound like a magical girl formula to me tbh. And the pookah are said to be caretakers of planets who time walk so it’s not much of a jump to say they might be able to create planets imo especially if they’re meant to have enough garden worlds for an empire. Iirc bunny brought an egg lamp to earth to start a new world?? So 🤷‍♀️

basically I am completely baffled about what’s going on and this is my explanation for it 😂 (like pitch is woken by a curious moonbeam??? Like literally or) maybe I’m wrong but to me the idea of a theoretically immortal last bastion of hope getting demolished and repurposed to head the enemy army as a husk filled with nightmares is 100000% believable as a reason why the empire could fall to a single man. I’m not sure how far into the body horror I want to go tbh, but. Like is he alive is he aware like who knows but I’m horrified

anyway it’s 2am goodnight xoxo

[ksclaw]

ROTG Halloween day 1: “Entity”

From the report of Corporal Kozmotis Pitchiner

Fiore’s Match 45th, 56007bcr hour 1

Received emergency call from a small settlement about a possible Fearling Colony. 1st Sgt. Mattheis wanted to just send a patrol, but Lt. Col. Grattír decided against it. He recommended a platoon instead, and as the Ursa Major carries an entire regiment, it was approved.

We arrived at the settlement before nightfall. The settlement is rather small, more of a scouting party for possible colonization, rather than an actual colony. Most of the houses are rickety and cheaply set up, easy to remove  should the order come in.

We set up around the base, setting up small patrols. The night in this area is unfortunately among the long ones, which works against us if the Fearling  Colony is confirmed. They thrive where the nights are dark and cold, and this is no Praxis III with it’s humid jungles and three suns.

I have just been ordered to go rest, as I can expect being sent on the third and sixth patrol (Lt. Col. prefers having us circulate.)

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Fiore’s Match 45th, 56007bcr hour 3

The other patrols have not spotted anything yet, but there have been signs. Strange sounds and noises. Not simple fearling activity, we have been warned. We’ve been ordered to keep any firing arms in our holsters, as a stray bullet could cause a panic due to the noise. Instead, we are armed with crossbows or bladed spears.

We walked the same routes as the other patrols, and yet, I felt something was off the moment we went near one of what we have called the sheds. It had been used as a marker for a potential mine entry, as well as an office for the leader of the settlement, but I felt it as though something was itching under my skin the moment we got near it. I notified the leader of our patrol, and I thank the stars, I was not the only one who could feel something was off.

Two men stepped forward. One listened at the door, the other grabbed the handle and turned it. It wasn’t locked, despite how the settlement leader had told us they kept everything locked at night.

We readied ourselves as the door was opened. And I am glad we did, because I fear that if we had not been prepared for a fight, we might have been taken by surprise by the entity we saw before us.

It stood in the doorway, almost as tall as Viralys (and he is a decent height for a Pooka without the long ears), it’s eyes seeming to emit a low light.

Our commanding officer shouted “don’t move!” but that only set the creature off. It made a noise, like words being whispered and hissed by a hundred voices, before it seemed to... dissipate before our eyes, melting into the shadows.

We are still not certain about the possibility of a colony. But now we at least have it confirmed that there are Nightmare Men.”

[da-owo]

another spooky guy

[da-owo]

wanted to redraw some of my nightmare designs an add a couple new ones in there in time for halloweeeen

[da-owo]

nightmare men sketchs gotta have some spooky guys ready for my comic

[da-owo]

todays warm up piece i really wanted to draw pitch/koz witha like crown/mask piece an it just evolved into this lol